Category: Education
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Bangor schools consider $3.7M budget increase for next year
If approved, the budget would influence Bangor residents’ taxes, said Ray Phinney, a spokesperson for the school department.
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2 Christian schools argue that they shouldn’t have to follow Maine’s anti-discrimination law
The schools separately sued the state in 2023, claiming that accepting gender nonbinary students would violate their freedom of religion.
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US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people
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The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country, federal officials said Friday. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said federally required tallies…